SLUGGERNUT
a short story by me
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Gallery: The Friend Gallery

These are the boys and girls who are my second family.

Back in the Bromptons Cocktail theatrical days. I'm the dead nurse on the left, Anna is the dead nurse on the right, and Adam is the insane doctor in the center.
The Surgery
This is the Circle of Power back in 2000ish. (Left to right picture of Annabelle, Will, Todd, Chris, Jen, Charlie, Ethan, Brian, Heather, Adam)
Right before we all dropped LSD.
The day that Alligator Crocodile came into our lives. (Left to right picture of Charlie)
Is he funny or just actually insane?
Poor Charlie has wet himself (with aid of the water bottle), maybe Granny can loan him a frock. (Left to right picture of Charlie)
A flare for the dramatics.
Here we are at a Brompton's Cocktail show, it was what we did almost every other weekend. (Left to right picture of Ashley, Todd, Brian, Matt, Mike, Heather)
Groupie
Here we all are at another show, I'm not sure which band of Adam's is playing. Though since Chris is in the audience it narrows it down a bit. (Left to right picture of Chris, Brian, Todd, unkown, Charlie, Jen, Heather)
My husband is a rock star.
Late one night on the eve of a friend's wedding, while we were all trashed, we decided to do this. Shortly afterward all of us ladies went skinny dipping in the ocean. Good times! (Top to bottom left to right picture of Nicole, Heather, Anna, Eric, Charlie, Ethan, Jen in background.)
Human Pyramid
And then we all fell down. (Top to bottom left to right picture of Jen, Heather, Anna, Eric, Charlie, Ethan, Nicole unseen.)
With creation, there comes destruction.
For years while being an office drone I often received odd photos like this one from a very bored fellow office drone, Ethan.
Bored at work.
Charlie will do most any ridiculous thing you suggest to him, often times he needs no suggestion at all. Here is is seeing how many marshmellows he can fit into his mouth, and looking regretful after the fact.
Stay Puffed Charlie
One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. He also has a very odd side to him that you'll never see unless you either get him very drunk, or know him for about 10 years. Fortunately I've managed both.
Crazy Chris
Seriously. She trained her cat to give high fives. She's remarkable. (Picture of Rebecca)
The animal whisperer.
Marine mammals. (Picture of Rebecca)
With her love.
This is Todd. He lived about an hour outside of NY so just about once or twice a month he'd come and crash on our couch for the weekend. I've seen this guy in his boxers more than I can count.
Couch crasher.
Every year our friend Jen would host Thansgiving in the City. Every year there seemed to be more and more people. (Left to right picture of 1st table Adam, Rebecca, John, Brian 2nd table Alison, Todd, Charlie)
TITC
Following every TITC dinner was a rousing game of Werewolf. This is a picture of the infamous night that we've all heard stories about a million times, the one where Charlie, being the werewolf, killed himself and threw our world into chaos and confusion. I think Jared is crying. (Left to right picture of Sara, Heather, Jared, Charlie)
Werewolf - Charlie dies!
Adam is explaining something. It's his way. (Left to right picture of Charlie, John, Adam)
Here let me explain.
This is Matt and Nicole, the most affectionate and adoring couple you'll ever meet. I love this picture of them, so natural and in the moment. (Left to right picture of Matt, Nicole)
True love.
An example of how Nicole is always game for anything. (Left to right picture of Matt, Nicole)
Lovely Nic
Brian leaves for Japan so we take him to karaoke in preperation. (Left to right picture of Matt, Nicole, Sara, Heather, Adam, Chris, Mike, unkown, unknown, Brian, Jen, Charlie, Todd, Jared)
Goodbye Brian
An angel of death. It's a long story. (Picture of Brian)
Voice of an Angel.
Not those kind of ladies. (Pictured left to right Jen, Rebecca, Heather)
Ladies of the night.
So many movies, so many drunken stories. I love these girls. (Pictured left to right Heather, Vanessa, Rebecca)
Movie Night Girls
The three of us took a road trip to Rebecca's parent's place in the middle of the woods. (Pictured left to right Vanessa, Rebecca, Heather)
Out of towners
I think this is at Matt & Nicole's wedding. Shelly's getting crazy with a fork. (Pictured left to right Charlie, Shelly)
I'd be scared too.
The longer I stare at this photo the weirder they start to look. (Pictured left to right Ethan & Katrina)
Those wacky Aronoffs
Aw, the frat boys are all dressed up! (Pictured left to right Mike, Brian, Matt)
Dashing Frat Boys
John and Shelly, two of my favorite people.
Picture Perfect
Jared is always the life of the party, especially on the dance floor.
Dance fever
It usually means that one of us is getting naked though, so I'm not sure where he's going with it here. (Pictured left to right Heather, Brian, Adam)
I know that look.
Sparkly and misty like fairies! (Pictured left to right Rebecca, Jen)
Skin care commerical
Most of these boys went to school together so you can imagine the amount of inside jokes and billions of childhood stories that one would have to hear for, oh, I don't know, ten years ... love you boys! (Pictured left to right Adam, Will, Todd, Brian, Ethan, John, Charlie, Jared)
Bunch of hooligans
This was taken after a drunken all-nighter at Matt & Nicole's wedding. Feeling awesome. (Pictured left to right Josh, Jen, Matt, Heather, Adam, Charlie, Brian)
Hungover
Having flashbacks of MY father here ... (Pictured left to right Ethan, Katrina, baby Eve)
Funny daddy
No seriously, I love babies! they're tasty. (Pictured left to right Katrina, Heather, baby Eve, Jen)
Right before I ate her face.
I love this photo of Jen in her wedding dress with a beer in her hand. It's just perfect.
Natural bride
Sara and Jared on their honeymoon. They are seriously fun people.
Too cool for school
Ethan visiting Portland insists we do something
Snow blind
I think there's one here, if I could only see it ... (Pictured left to right Heather, Vanessa)
A theme
Years have passed, couples have married, babies have been made, people have moved states, and now we're all back together for John and Shelly's wedding. (Pictured left to right and back to front Eric, Vanessa, baby Dot, Adam, Heather, Jen, baby Alina, Charlie, Katrina, baby Eve, Ethan, Matt, Nicole, Sara)
Reunion
Nat & Carl ... he doesn't usually wear weird makeup. It's Halloween and he's ... something.
Portland peoples!
Portland orphans on Thanksgiving, yes, I cooked, no, nobody died. (Pictured left to right Hadley, Christian, Adam, Carl, Natalya)
My TITC
A drunken game of Survive! on xmas night. (Pictured left to right Nat, Carl, Adam)
Xmas adventures
On our way to a really bad club that played really bad music where danced anyways and got really drunk and Nat fell on her bum. (Pictured left to right Adam, Heather, Nat, Carl)
Happy New Year!
At the end of Nat's first day back to school, we celebrated with stupid amounts of Mexican food. Yay!
Giddy school girl
Silly Carl!
Sad clown
It's Nat's birthday and yet she insists on remaining years younger than me. Meanie!
Birthday dinner
It's Carl's birthday and he made us all go ice skating.
Bad Carl!
Our sweet singing lured many of mariners on that frigid eve.
Winter sirens.
Scary monster preys on damsel in distress.
Ahhhhh!
Nat is thrilled by Carl's drunken affections.
Obviously pleased.
Yeah .. I don't know either.
And then it gets creepy.
Glassy eyed beauties!
Feeling no pain.
Dreaming...